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Special Weather Statement, NWS Twin Cities, MN

July 6, 2015Eau Claire County, Wisconsin

NWS Twin Cities, MN issued this special weather statement at Jul 6, 2015, 5:31 AM CDT for Eau Claire County, Wisconsin. It was in force for 104 min. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.

The area

The outline as issued.

The facts

Issued: Jul 6, 2015, 5:31 AM CDT (10:31 UTC)
Expired: Jul 6, 2015, 7:15 AM CDT
In force: 104 min
Issued by: NWS Twin Cities, MN

County Eau Claire County, WI

The radar

The La Crosse radar (KARX), 118 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 10:33 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.

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The nearest sounding before it

Minneapolis, MN (KMPX), launched 00:00Z, 10.5 hours before the alert went out and 177 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.

Skew-T log-p

Temperature in red, dew point in green, the mixed-layer parcel dashed.

Hodograph

The wind turning with height, colored by layer: ground to 1 km, 1 to 3 km, 3 to 6 km, 6 to 10 km.

Mixed-layer CAPE: 1489 J/kg
Mixed-layer CIN: -17 J/kg
Mixed-layer LCL: 1240 m above ground
0-6 km bulk shear: 26 kt
0-1 km storm-relative helicity: 115 m²/s²
0-3 km storm-relative helicity: 253 m²/s²
Significant tornado parameter: 0.0
Supercell composite: 5.0

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The text

As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.

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What forecasters said that day

The local office's own words before this special weather statement went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.

NWS Twin Cities, MN wrote its last area forecast discussion before this special weather statement went out at Jul 6, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes earlier.

Area forecast discussion, Jul 6, 4:14 AM CDT, 1 hour 17 minutes before

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Hazardous weather outlook, Jul 6, 5:14 AM CDT, 17 minutes before

HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
514 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

MNZ051>053-058>063-065>070-073>078-082>085-091>093-WIZ014>016-
023>028-071015-
SHERBURNE-ISANTI-CHISAGO-MEEKER-WRIGHT-HENNEPIN-ANOKA-RAMSEY-
WASHINGTON-RENVILLE-MCLEOD-SIBLEY-CARVER-SCOTT-DAKOTA-REDWOOD-
BROWN-NICOLLET-LE SUEUR-RICE-GOODHUE-WATONWAN-BLUE EARTH-WASECA-
STEELE-MARTIN-FARIBAULT-FREEBORN-POLK-BARRON-RUSK-ST. CROIX-
PIERCE-DUNN-PEPIN-CHIPPEWA-EAU CLAIRE-
514 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA...SOUTH CENTRAL MINNESOTA...
SOUTHEAST MINNESOTA...SOUTHWEST MINNESOTA...NORTHWEST WISCONSIN
AND WEST CENTRAL WISCONSIN.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

THUNDERSTORMS WITH MODERATE TO HEAVY RAIN WILL BE POSSIBLE THROUGH
THE MORNING. SOME FLOODING IS POSSIBLE THROUGH THE MORNING WITH
THIS ACTIVITY.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

MNZ041>045-047>050-054>057-064-071015-
DOUGLAS-TODD-MORRISON-MILLE LACS-KANABEC-STEVENS-POPE-STEARNS-
BENTON-LAC QUI PARLE-SWIFT-CHIPPEWA-KANDIYOHI-YELLOW MEDICINE-
514 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

THIS HAZARDOUS WEATHER OUTLOOK IS FOR PORTIONS OF CENTRAL
MINNESOTA...EAST CENTRAL MINNESOTA AND WEST CENTRAL MINNESOTA.

.DAY ONE...TODAY AND TONIGHT

NO HAZARDOUS WEATHER IS EXPECTED AT THIS TIME.

.DAYS TWO THROUGH SEVEN...TUESDAY THROUGH SUNDAY

CHANCES FOR THUNDERSTORMS EXIST FROM FRIDAY THROUGH SUNDAY. THE
SEVERE WEATHER THREAT IS LOW AT THIS TIME.

.SPOTTER INFORMATION STATEMENT...

SKYWARN SPOTTER ACTIVATION WILL NOT BE NEEDED.

In the hours before

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:14 AM CDT, 3 hours 17 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
214 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

MNZ060>063-070-WIZ024-060915-
WASHINGTON-DAKOTA-ANOKA-RAMSEY-HENNEPIN-PIERCE-
214 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

WASHINGTON...DAKOTA...ANOKA...RAMSEY...HENNEPIN...PIERCE...

AT 210 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WAS OVER MINNEAPOLIS AND ST. PAUL. RAINFALL RATES OF 1 TO 2
INCHES PER HOUR ARE OCCURRING IN THE STRONGER STORMS.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
MINNEAPOLIS...ST. PAUL...BLOOMINGTON...BROOKLYN PARK...EAGAN...
WOODBURY...MAPLE GROVE...COON RAPIDS...BLAINE...MAPLEWOOD...COTTAGE
GROVE AND INVER GROVE HEIGHTS.

THIS INCLUDES INTERSTATE 94 IN MINNESOTA BETWEEN MILE MARKERS 221 AND
258.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE INTO AREAS WHERE THE WATER COVERS THE
ROADWAY. THE WATER DEPTH MAY BE TOO GREAT TO ALLOW YOUR CAR TO CROSS
SAFELY. MOVE TO HIGHER GROUND.

LAT...LON 4485 9321 4513 9342 4522 9305 4517 9278
      4509 9277 4506 9280 4504 9277 4491 9275
      4489 9278 4486 9274 4470 9269 4471 9273
      4467 9273 4461 9283
TIME...MOT...LOC 0710Z 240DEG 0KT 4499 9297

ADL

Special weather statement, Jul 6, 2:40 AM CDT, 2 hours 51 minutes before

SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE TWIN CITIES/CHANHASSEN MN
240 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

MNZ074-075-060800-
BROWN-NICOLLET-
240 AM CDT MON JUL 6 2015

...VERY HEAVY RAIN AND LOCALIZED MINOR FLOODING EXPECTED...

VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED FLOODING WILL AFFECT
THE FOLLOWING COUNTIES...

BROWN...NICOLLET...

AT 236 AM CDT...VERY HEAVY RAIN WITH THE POTENTIAL FOR LOCALIZED
FLOODING WAS OVER NEW ULM. AROUND 2 INCHES OF RAIN HAVE ALREADY
FALLEN...WITH ADDITIONAL RAINFALL OF 1 TO 2 INCHES EXPECTED.

LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
NEW ULM...SLEEPY EYE...COURTLAND...LAFAYETTE...EVAN...COBDEN...NEW
ULM AIRPORT...KLOSSNER...SEARLES...ESSIG AND ST GEORGE.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE PONDING OF WATER IN
URBAN AREAS...HIGHWAYS...STREETS AND UNDERPASSES AS WELL AS OTHER
POOR DRAINAGE AREAS AND LOW LYING SPOTS. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL
ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES. IT TAKES ONLY A FEW
INCHES OF SWIFTLY FLOWING WATER TO CARRY VEHICLES AWAY.

EXCESSIVE RUNOFF FROM HEAVY RAINFALL WILL CAUSE FLOODING OF SMALL
CREEKS AND STREAMS...AS WELL AS FARM AND COUNTRY ROADS. DO NOT
ATTEMPT TO TRAVEL ACROSS FLOODED ROADS. FIND ALTERNATE ROUTES.

LAT...LON 4420 9474 4428 9487 4435 9486 4446 9472
      4445 9422 4436 9412 4423 9427 4426 9436
      4420 9437 4417 9452
TIME...MOT...LOC 0736Z 240DEG 0KT 4432 9450

ADL

Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:41 AM CDT, 50 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 4:50 AM CDT, 41 minutes before

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Local storm report, Jul 6, 5:10 AM CDT, 21 minutes before

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Special weather statement, Jul 6, 5:31 AM CDT, 0 minutes before

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The office that day

Everything else NWS Twin Cities, MN issued on the same UTC day.

Issued	Product	Office	Counties	Lasted
Jul 5, 7:30 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Pope, Stevens	45 min
Jul 5, 8:41 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Stevens	2 hr
Jul 5, 8:54 PM CDT	Flash Flood Watch	MPX	Anoka, Benton, Blue Earth, Brown, Carver, Chippewa and 29 more	16 hr
Jul 5, 9:11 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Todd	64 min
Jul 5, 9:38 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Swift	67 min
Jul 5, 10:15 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Lac qui Parle	75 min
Jul 5, 11:03 PM CDT	Severe Thunderstorm Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	42 min
Jul 5, 11:28 PM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Benton, Sherburne, Stearns	3 hr
Jul 5, 11:48 PM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Chippewa, Yellow Medicine	117 min
Jul 6, 2:14 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Ramsey, Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 2:40 AM CDT	Special Weather Statement	MPX	Brown, Nicollet	20 min
Jul 6, 3:13 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Washington	2 hr
Jul 6, 5:35 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Pierce, Saint Croix	5 hr
Jul 6, 5:45 AM CDT	Flash Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	3 hr
Jul 6, 8:50 AM CDT	Areal Flood Warning	MPX	Chippewa, Dunn, Eau Claire	3 hr

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Sources

The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.